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03.02.10

I Better Be Quiet Now

   

    

#60

03.01.10

  

Music

  

I Better Be Quiet Now - Elliott Smith

  

Wish you gave me a number
Wish I could call you today
Just to hear a voice
I got a long way to go
Getting further away
 
If I didn't know the difference
Living alone would probably be ok
It wouldn't be lonely
I got a long way to go
Getting further away
 
A lot of hours to occupy, it was easy
When I didn't know you yet
Things I'd have to forget
 
But I better be quiet now
I'm tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, getting upset
 
Maybe I have a problem
But that's not what I wanted to say
I prefer to say nothing
I got a long way to go
Getting further away
 
Had a dream as an army man with an order
Just to march in my place
But a dead enemy
Screams in my face
 
But I better be quiet now
I'm tired of wasting my breath
Carrying on, not over it yet
 
Wish I knew what you were doing
Why you want to do it this way
So I can't go the distance
I got a long way to go
I'm getting further away
I got a long way to go
Getting further away  

  

  

Parting Comments

  
It has been terrific fun creating and maintaining this blog over the past few months.  I appreciate the time some of you have invested in reading it, and for the comments some of you have offered.
  
For now I'm going to take a break from it all... Just now I'm feeling how Elliott must have felt when he wrote this gorgeous song.
  
At some point I'll probably pick it up again... or perhaps I'll just post the occasional photo from the iPhone while on the fly sometime, somewhere.
  
So... until sometime, somewhere... be well.  CCE
 

The Grape Crusher

     

     

#59

02.28.10

  

Photo

  

This statue called the Grape Crusher sits on a hill overlooking the Napa Valley.  What a primo vista, and I was there just in time to snap a few photos with the iPhone camera.  I use this image as my iPhone wallpaper from time to time as a reminder of that great week in Napa last Spring, 2009.
  
Here's one more (very similar) view:
  

  

Music

In honor of my Grape Crusher image, and since I have been listening to Jeff Buckley's Grace album ever since featuring him a few days ago with A Satisfied Mind, I thought I might feature his lovely cover of James Shelton's Lilac Wine for today's entry.  


Additionally, I like the idea of posting another Buckley tune right after Thom Yorkes Atoms for Peace from yesterday so some of you can weigh in on "Who has the best falsetto in the biz?"
 

Parting Comments

  
So it was around this time last year that I was in Napa, California, attending a conference.  It was the first time I had visited that town, and I was just blown away by its pastoral beauty.  My childhood friend D.D.K. lives there now, and he was so kind to drive me around every afternoon in a Range Rover.  Oh, yeah... that's  what I call taking in the sights in style.  Thanks, D.D.K.!
 
Until tomorrow... well, I can't wait!  It's USA vs. Canada for hockey gold.  I'll be pleased no matter who wins; I like both teams very much.  CCE